A week removed from winning the NBA championship, Cavaliers center Kevin Love is getting around to writing his thank-you notes.

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On Sunday, he posteda touching and prettyepic tribute on Instagramto Blake Griffin Jersey the teammate the Cavs call "Champ," the three-time NBA championwho has played in the last six NBA Finals.

No, not LeBron James. Instead,Love took time to thank James Jones, the little-used Wesley Johnson Jersey reserve who played on those Heat championship teams with King James, then moved to the Cavs with Paul George Jersey his counterpart.

The 35-year-old shooting guard averaged only 4.6 minutes of playing time in the postseasonand averagedle s than a point per game. Yetas Love pointed out in a lengthy post, Jones encouraged him even Tobias Harris Jersey when Lovestruggledin the Finals. Calling Jones"the best teammate I've ever had," Love went on to say he's the "ultimate work horse," and he alsowrote,"The le sons you taught me will stay Chris Paul Jersey with me for the rest of my career and life after basketball."

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Here's the entire tribute:

A photo posted by @kevinlove on Jun 26, 2016 at 7:27am PDT

Love's post already had more than 69,000 likes only a few hours after it Jerome Robinson Jersey was posted.